Category: New Books

Things to Come and Go by Bette How­land

Things to Come and Go by Bette How­land

From the acclaimed author of Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage and the memoir W-3, a trio of novellas about three women’s bold exploration of the desire for belonging as it comes into conflict with...

The Man in the Shadows by Alys Clare

The Man in the Shadows by Alys Clare

A World’s End Bureau Victorian Mystery Private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham tackle a puzzling miscarriage of justice and the curious case of a missing child, in the new, gripping World’s End Bureau...

Helmi’s Shad­ow by David Hor­gan

Helmi’s Shad­ow by David Hor­gan

A Jour­ney of Sur­vival From Rus­sia to East Asia to the Amer­i­can West Helmi’s Shadow tells the sweeping true story of two Russian Jewish refugees, a mother (Rachel Koskin) and her daughter (Helmi). With...

Is Super­man Cir­cum­cised? by Roy Schwartz

Is Super­man Cir­cum­cised? by Roy Schwartz

The Com­plete Jew­ish His­to­ry of the World’s Great­est Hero SUPERMAN is the most famous character in the world. He’s the first superhero, an American icon—and he’s Jewish! Introduced in June 1938, the Man of...

How the Soviet Jew Was Made by Sasha Senderovich

How the Soviet Jew Was Made by Sasha Senderovich

A close reading of postrevolutionary Russian and Yiddish literature and film recasts the Soviet Jew as a novel cultural figure: not just a minority but an ambivalent character navigating between the Jewish past and...